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| Title |
Witnessing Phenotypic and Molecular Evolution in the Fruit Fly
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Evolution: Education and Outreach, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s12052-012-0447-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Caiti S. S. Heil, Mika J. Hunter, Juliet K. F. Noor, Kathleen Miglia, Brenda Manzano-Winkler, Shannon R. McDermott, Mohamed A. F. Noor |
| Abstract |
This multi-day exercise is designed for a college Genetics and Evolution laboratory to demonstrate concepts of inheritance and phenotypic and molecular evolution using a live model organism, Drosophila simulans. Students set up an experimental fruit fly population consisting of ten white eyed flies and one red eyed fly. Having red eyes is advantageous compared to having white eyes, allowing students to track the spread of this advantageous trait over several generations. Ultimately, the students perform PCR and gel electrophoresis at two neutral markers, one located in close proximity to the eye-color locus, and one located at the other end of the chromosome. Students observe that most flies have red eyes, and these red-eyed flies have lost variation at the near marker, but maintained variation at the far marker, hence observing a "selective sweep" and the "hitchhiking" of a nearby neutral variant. Students literally observe phenotypic and molecular evolution in their classroom! |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 36% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |
| France | 1 | 9% |
| Canada | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 4 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 73% |
| Scientists | 3 | 27% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 60 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 57 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 25% |
| Researcher | 5 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 12% |
| Unknown | 19 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 27% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 20% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 21 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 May 2022.
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#2,405,403
of 25,643,886 outputs
Outputs from Evolution: Education and Outreach
#127
of 470 outputs
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#15,834
of 187,855 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Evolution: Education and Outreach
#5
of 19 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 470 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 19.9. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 72% of its peers.
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